New Yoga Studio Lands In Harlem

By: Tahnia Belle Just in time for the summer, adding to the growing yoga landscape in Harlem is Land Yoga, an Ashtanga style studio which softly opened last week. Lara Land, studio owner and yoga teacher has developed a diverse schedule of classes. The current adult offerings include Mysore Ashtanga and Led Ashtanga. For families,… [Read more…]

Mario Fratti’s Quartet: Symmetry and Equality in Four Movements

The walls of Mario Fratti’s apartment on West 55th St. are padded with the kind of well worn antiques, posters, and mementos that have witnessed a life in the theater. His living room window looks into the window that Tennessee Williams used to sit at in the mornings and write. They would wave to each… [Read more…]

Broadway at Harlem Meer

The lakeside performance is free and open to all ages. A few chairs are provided and guests are welcomed to bring a blanket and picnic lunch to enjoy the music from many Broadway hits. The concert is the same day as the AIDS WALK so we are raising money for the Union Settlement for Children… [Read more…]

Ailey at the Apollo

Stars of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the rising young dancers of Ailey II, and gifted students from The Ailey School will come together for a spectacular one-night performance on Tuesday, May 3rd at 7pm on the world famous Apollo stage, where stars are born and legends are made. Led by Judith Jamison, in her final… [Read more…]

Stop N Swap in Inwood

GrowNYC, a local environmental non-profit, offers one solution with Stop ‘N’ Swap events which will span the five boroughs in January and February.  The community is invited to bring unwanted but still usable items to donate to a good home.  Participants can also bring a bag and fill up on items they would like to… [Read more…]

Harlem Flo Holiday Trunk Show

Nights in Harlem

1st collector for Nights in HarlemFollow my videos on vodpod

Red Rooster with Marcus Samuelsson

Discovered Red Rooster with Marcus Samuelsson  

Student discount Tuesdays at Bibi Salon

Pitches for Breakfast

Everybody has an idea about something, but not everyone can articulate their idea in a way that will get others to buy into it. That’s where Pitches for Breakfast comes in.  ”Learning how to pitch is a critical element in your professional profile, and it takes a great deal of practice to master.  Opportunities like Pitches for Breakfast… [Read more…]

Dwyer

Black Atlas Scavenger Hunt Through Harlem

Black Atlas is having a scavenger hunt on Twitter to find @NYCityMama in Harlem. Just log in and follow her to play. You can win tickets to Monday’s preview of Marcus Samuelsson’s Red Rooster.

Now Open: Jacob Restaurant

Photo by NARMER. Jacob’s 2695 Frederick Douglass Boulevard on the corner of 143rd Street.

Stoops

Stoops, originally uploaded by Uptownflavor Photos.

What’s Up, Doc’s?

Docs, originally uploaded by Uptownflavor Photos. After less than two years in business, Doc’s has gone of out business and Jay’s on Seventh has taken over. If you remember, Doc’s was the scaled down version of Amy Ruth’s, owned by famed chef Carl Redding. You can read more about Doc’s in our past posts: http://uptownflavor.com/2009/02/08/docs-hopes-to-cure-the-economic-recession-with-soul-food/

Celebrate the Tony’s, Harlem-Style

This Sunday, June 13th, as the Broadway community celebrates the American Theatre Wing’s 2010 Tony Awards, Kevin-Anthony’s B2: Productions presents the 6th Annual Black 2: Broadway Celebrates the Tony Awards at G Uptown. The event will be co-hosted by Broadway stars Colman Domingo and Adrian Bailey and will honor director-choreographer-performer Kenneth Roberson and the Audelco… [Read more…]

Harlem, Meet the Power of One

If you haven’t heard about the Power of One program, Harlem’s plan for self-sufficiency, here is your chance. This Sunday (May 16th) at Riverside Church and Theater, Hue-Man Bookstore’s Marva Allen – the brainchild behind the program – will unveil to the community at large the concept behind the Power of One. The event, “Small… [Read more…]

Levine Lands at Billie’s Black

Taking a page from the Independent Singer’s Handbook, critics’ favorite Darnell Levine continues his self-financed, 14-city national tour with a stop at Billie’s Black this Friday night (8-10PM). The Kentucky native is touring to promote his newest project, which he will be self-releasing this summer. Levine has made quite a name for himself and space… [Read more…]

Spring Celebration!

by Uptownflavor Photos. Morningside Park is celebrating spring with an Easter egg hunt, facepainting, games, and more this afternoon from 1:30 to 3:00 PM. St. Nicholas Park will also be having a spring celebration until 2:00 PM

Build your own cupcake with Tonnie in Harlem

Build your own cupcake with Tonnie in Harlem Posted using ShareThis

Harlem’s new political elite – latimes.com

Harlem’s new political elite – latimes.com Posted using ShareThis

First grader from Harlem recites Pi

First Grader from Harlem memorizes 121 places of PI for PI Day

Friday Freestyle Flavor: Lauryn Hill ‘Everything is Everything’

Friday Freestyle Flavor:Lauryn Hill-Everything is Everything

Twitter Argument Leads to Alleged Murder [REPORT]

Twitter Argument Leads to Alleged Murder [REPORT] Posted using ShareThis

Promo video for The Black Nutcracker

The Black Nutcracker

Tide Loads of Hope

Tide Loads of Hope Posted using ShareThis

Get Em Girls review Mojo

Joan’s Restaurant Review: Mojo Posted using ShareThis

Dancehall Fridays in Harlem

Harlem Week 2009 – July Events

SATURDAY, JULY 11TH Saturday Night Uptown: Harlem Salutes the NAACP’s 100 Anniversary Locations: At four (4) selected Harlem Historic restaurants and night clubs – TBD Time: 9:00 PM-Midnight THURSDAY, JULY 16th Public Viewing and Broadcast on the Jumbotron of President Barack Obama’s Speech to the NAACP 100th Anniversary National Convention Location: The Adam C. Powell,… [Read more…]

Creating a Caring Society

CREATING A CARING SOCIETY James R. Dumpson Exhibit and Centennial Lecture Wednesday, April 1, 2009, Program 3:30 pm, Reception 5:00pm Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture,The New York City Public Library 515 Malcolm X Blvd at 135th Street Centennial lecture by: Dr. Richard A. English, Professor and Scholar in Residence E. Franklin Frazier Center… [Read more…]

Get So Excited about Celebrating Valentine’s Day

THE POINTER SISTERS and KOOL & THE GANG Celebrate Valentine’s Day with the Music You Love! Get ready for a high energy night of fun when the Grammy Award-winning Pointer Sisters bring their chart-topping hits including I’m So Excited, Automatic, Neutron Dance, Jump (For My Love) and Slow Hand to Lehman Center in a double… [Read more…]

Trav’lin

TRAV’LIN MUSIC AND LYRICS BY J.C. JOHNSON & FRIENDS, BOOK BY GARY HOLMES AND ALLAN SHAPIRO This warm-hearted musical follows the romantic travails of three couples in 1930′s Harlem – 50-, 30- and 20-somethings. The story centers on George, the older gentleman and a self-proclaimed expert on love, who meets his match when he befriends… [Read more…]

Aloft Hotel on Track

  Starwood’s new Aloft Harlem Hotel is still on-target for an opening in 2010 as we reported back in May. Curbed posted new renderings of the project that are a great improvement over the direction earlier versions released.

January 1: Imani

Imani (Faith)

New Year’s Eve@ Body Restaurant & Lounge

December 31: Kuumba

Kuumba (Creativity) To do al

Career Day at the Apollo

Career DayTuesday, November 18, 2008 Free Admission The Apollo Theater Foundation in conjunction with the New York City Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting, Sesame Workshop, and the Center for Communication, presents Sesame Street: Made in NY “Sesame Street: Made in NY” will provide students and interested New Yorkers with first-hand accounts of what… [Read more…]

bookmark: ‘Whatever it Takes’ to teach Harlem’s Youth

 New York Times journalist Paul Tough profiles educational visionary Geoffrey Canada, whose Harlem Children’s Zone—currently serving more than 7,000 children and encompassing 97 city blocks—represents an audacious effort to end poverty within underserved communities. Canada’s radical experiment is predicated upon changing everything in these communities—creating an interlocking web of services targeted at the poorest and least likely to… [Read more…]

Haiti in Harlem: 8 Evenings of Film

Haiti in Harlem | September 29 – October 6                                                          Haiti is Latin America’s oldest nation and the world’s first black republic, born of history’s only successful slave revolution. Eight… [Read more…]

White Coat Ceremony

Sixty-six Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) students, who will enter Touro School of Pharmacy this fall–the first new pharmacy program in New York City in 68 years–will receive their official white coats at a special ceremony on Thursday, September 25, from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515… [Read more…]